Overview
- Counterterrorism and police units arrested Sajid Ahmed of Turbat, a former lecturer who, according to investigators, confessed to facilitating networks while in contact with BYC leadership.
- Authorities reported detaining additional facilitators with prior links to BYC, including teenagers allegedly drawn in through protests before being steered toward reconnaissance tasks.
- Investigators described cases such as 18-year-old Sarfaraz, assigned to scout police and polio teams, and Bazan, recruited after his brother was killed in an attack on the Levies Force.
- Officials allege the group tried to take custody of militants’ bodies from hospitals to hinder identification and rapidly labeled deaths as enforced disappearances to shape public perception.
- The government announced rehabilitation centers in Quetta and Turbat for counseling, parental engagement and social reintegration, while some experts point to BYC-linked operations in Europe as signs of foreign-backed propaganda.